Day with Daddy

Friday was the kids last day of spring break and Mark had taken the day off. He sat them down on Thursday night and gave them 10 options of things to do. Hands down they picked going to the city to the Shedd Aquarium!

At the penguin exhibit Annie and Sam dressed up as penguins and slid down the slide.

Then they discovered a submarine, just right for their size!

I have this picture as my background on my work laptop- it's just so cute. The best story is that a homosexual man was the one painting faces at the Shedd. Mark paid $4 for each kid, but the guy threw in Mark's for free...was it because my husband is cute or was the face painter so excited for the large empty canvas on his forehead?

Enjoying Spring Break

We really lucked out last week with weather since the kids were on Spring break. Annie and Sam spend Sunday through Wednesday night at their Grandma and Grandpa Flory's house and had a blast! They went to the movies, the park and the Arboretum. They also went out to dinner and lunch while they were there...surely living the high life! Mark and I certainly enjoyed our little vacation at home too!

So Thursday I was home with both kids. They slept in until 8 and we had a wonderful relaxing morning. We went to the park since it was 75 degrees and the kids were so good. Sam loves to climb this spider web that goes at least 20 feet in the air. He climbs all the way to the top and it makes me nervous, but he is confident and always proud of himself for doing it.

Annie spend the majority of the time in the sand area making castles. Sam kept helping by bringing water over for the girls to make a moat around the castle.

Annie patiently waited her turn to clean off her feet at the water station.

Sam continued to get water for the moat and took turns with the littler kids. It's so nice that my kids are old enough this year to realize they have to wait their turn for things!

St. Patrick's Day

All the neighborhood kids were talking about Leprechauns for a month preceding St. Patty's day. Some of the kids even made detailed traps to catch a leprechaun. And wouldn't you believe it that we woke up that day and one had been in our house-causing mischief! He had left footprints all over our kitchen floor!

That sneaky little leprechaun had gotten into our refrigerator and colored our milk and water green (of course Annie and Sam thought this was disgusting and wouldn't drink a drop of it!

The kids had also heard that if you don't wear green on St. Patty's day that you will get a pinch or a poke from the leprechaun. Good thing we all wore a little green that day!